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The Girls Inc. (Girls Club of America) movement was founded in 1864 in Waterbury, Connecticut.The organization's mission was to help young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of job opportunities, experiencing upheaval in the aftermath of the Civil War.
With an estimated 360 girls enrolled in their program, Girls Inc. is honoring the legacy of the agency while forging responsible creative partnerships.
Rebecca Ann Sedwick (October 19, 2000 – September 9, 2013) was a 12-year-old American student at Crystal Lake Middle School in Lakeland, Florida who died by suicide when she jumped off a concrete silo tower.
Lakeland was incorporated January 1, 1885. The town was founded by Abraham Munn (a resident of Louisville, Kentucky), who purchased 80 acres (320,000 m 2) of land in what is now downtown Lakeland in 1882 and platted the land for the town in 1884. Lakeland was named for the many lakes near the town site. [13]
Along with middle-school-aged members of Girls Inc., the Duchess of Sussex reportedly test-drove a social media curriculum the organization developed with a teen advisory board, ...
Foundation to give away 100 bikes to children in Lakeland on Wednesday. 'Best day ever!' Nonprofit surprises kids with new bikes at Lakeland Boys and Girls Club
Pace Center for Girls was created in 1985 by Vicki Burke. [2] In 2008, the Annie E. Casey Foundation called Pace "the most effective program in the United States for keeping adolescent girls out of the juvenile justice system." [2] As of 2016, PACE Center for Girls had 19 locations in Florida with a plan to open another location in Georgia. [3]
Roché served as a director of Southern New England Telecommunications from 1997 until the company was acquired by AT&T Inc. in 1998, where she continued her role as director. She is a director of Federated Department Stores, Macy's Inc., and Tupperware Corporation . [ 4 ]